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March 30, 2015.

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Special Report: 2015-16 Budget Hearings

The Senate Appropriations Committee held its third and final week of public
hearings on Governor Wolf’s proposed state budget for the 2015-16 Fiscal Year.
The Appropriations Committee heard detailed reports from several cabinet
secretaries and other officials over the three-day period of March 30 – April 1.
This special edition of Harrisburg Happenings provides day-by-day highlights
from those hearings.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Department of Education

Appropriations Committee members told Acting Education Secretary Pedro Rivera
about the need to change the public school retiree pension system to reduce
skyrocketing costs that are diverting funds away from the classroom. Other
topics included:

Career and technical education funding.

Early warning system for identifying students at risk of dropping out.

The constitutionality of the Governor’s proposed property tax reduction
plan.

Department of Military & Veterans Affairs

Acting Adjutant General (Maj. Gen.) James Joseph discussed a number of issues
pertaining to the Pennsylvania National Guard, the Pennsylvania Air National
Guard and services provided to veterans by the Commonwealth. Specific issues
discussed during the hearing included: